Gilles & Jeanne: A Novel (French:Gilles & Jeanne: Récit) is a 1983 novella byMichel Tournier, published byÉditions Gallimard. It was translated into English byAlan Sheridan, and this translation was published byGroveWeidenfeld in the United States,^[1] and byMethuen Publishing in the United Kingdom.^[2]

Tournier categorized the work as a "récit".^[2]

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In the work,Gilles de Rais is in love withJoan of Arc, who presents herself in a masculine style. After Joan dies, Gilles begins to victimize and murder boys, and faces execution for doing so.^[1]

Publishers Weekly described the work as being "fervent and striking".^[1]

Galen Strawson, inThe Observer, criticized the translation, stating that it weakens the text and that it makes many mistakes. Strawson stated that the "extremely poor" translation ought to "be withdrawn immediately."^[3]

Works in English:

• Dunn-Lardeau, Brenda; Beckett, Sandra (1996).""Ogre" or "Saint" ? Reopening the Gilles de Rais Trial: Michel Tournier'sGilles et Jeanne".The European Legacy. Toward New Paradigms.1 (3).Taylor & Francis:1133–1139.doi:10.1080/10848779608579540. - Part of the Fourth International Conference of the International Society for the Study of European Ideas, Workshop 45 : Representations of the Middle Ages in Contemporary Literature.
• Nettelbeck, Colin (1983). "The Return of theOgre: Michel Tournier'sGilles et Jeanne".Scripsi.2 (4).University of Melbourne:43–50.
• Panek, Melissa Barchi (2010).The Postmodern Treatment of Myth in the Writings of Michel Tournier (Thesis).Catholic University of America.
• Stivale, Charles J. (1991)."Nomad Love and the War-Machine: Michel Tournier's 'Gilles et Jeanne'"SubStance, Vol. 20, No. 2, Issue 65, pp. 44-59.

Works in French

• Smith, Paul J. (2009). "Tournier bricoleur : écrireGilles & Jeanne".Réécrire la Renaissance, de Marcel Proust à Michel Tournier: exercices de lecture rapprochée (in French). Amsterdam:Rodopi. pp. 171–189.ISBN 978-90-420-2546-2. - #330, 221 total pages, Chapter 9 -Profile
• van der Toorn, Nicolaas (2019). "Réécriture et « Bricolage » :Gilles & Jeanne de Michel Tournier".Le Jeu de l'ambiguïté et du mot: ambiguïté intentionnelle et Jeu de mots chez Apollinaire, Prévert, Tournier et Beckett (in French). Amsterdam:Brill / Rodopi. pp. 116-141.ISBN 978-90-04-41416-7. - Document #435, Chapter 5, book has 210 pages in total
• Wimmer, Norma (2005)."La Sainte et le monstre: une lecture deGilles et Jeanne de Michel Tournier".Lettres françaises. Revista de Área de Lingua e Literatura francesa (in French) (6). São Paulo: Faculdade de Ciências e Letras (FCL) -São Paulo State University Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP):125–130.ISSN 1414-025X. -PDF -Abstract available in English

• Gilles & Jeanne: A Novel at theInternet Archive
• Gilles & Jeanne: Récit at theInternet Archive(in French)
• Gilles & Jeanne (Hors série Littérature) -Éditions Gallimard(in French)
• Gilles & Jeanne (Folio) - Éditions Gallimard(in French)

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